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part. Without wishing to dogmatize upon the vaUdity of the 

 term " Quebec Group " — as estabhshed by Sir WilHam Logan 

 and BilHngs — the sum of evidence adduced, stratigraphical and 

 'palseontological, leads one to conclude that so far, at least, as 

 the fossiliferous portion of that group is concerned, it is charac- 

 terized and easily recognized as forming a truly natural group' 

 oceanic in its origin, related to Atlantic formations, and essenti- 

 ally differing in its details from the Continental formations of 

 undisturbed American central plateau. Amongst other interest- 

 ing features of the May, 1896, meeting of the Royal Society, 

 may be mentioned : — 



Prof. Prince's public lecture on " The Fishery Industries 

 and Resources of Canada" illustrated by a fine series of lime 

 light views of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, of the various 

 inland lakes and rivers, of nets and fishing apparatus, and of the 

 more remarkable species of fish with their eggs and young. 

 Prof Prince entertained his unusually large audience for 

 nearly two hours, and gave a more complete and concise review 

 of our vast resources and fishing industries in Canada than had 

 ever been presented before any audience. 



Profs. Cox and Callender, of McGill University, pre- 

 sented a most timely and attractive paper entitled, " Some 

 Experiments with X Rays." These were illustated with inter- 

 esting negatives taken in the laboratories of the Macdonald 

 Physics building. 



Mr. Barnes' paper, " On Some Measurements of the Tem- 

 perature of the River Water opposite Montreal, made during the 

 winter with a differential platinum thermometer" brought a 

 most practical question before Section III of the Royal Society. 

 The conclusions with regard to the formation of " fragile " and 

 " anchor " ice are discussed at length in the paper, which we hope 

 to see published at length in the annual volume of the trans- 

 actions of the Royal Society. 



